english 102 assignment 1
- Review all three articles (do this in order to determine which one of the three you will read carefully):
- Stuart Hall’s “Cultural Identity and Diasporaâ€
- Bhugra et al. “Migration, Cultural Bereavement and Cultural Identityâ€
- Wah, “Engaging the Haitian Diasporaâ€
- Select one of the articles from above and read it carefully
- Consider incorporating responses to these questions, for the article you’ve selected, in your essay:
- What is the central topic or set of related topics of your selected article?
- What is the central question or set of questions asked by the writer(s) of your selected article?
- What is the thesis or central claim of your selected article?
- What evidence is used by the author of your selected article to support its thesis or central claim?
- Is your selected article convincing? Why?
- Is your selected article compelling or interesting? Why?
- How does the information contained in your selected article relate to or impact your community (however you define it)?
- Craft a brief essay (six paragraphs, minimum) that (1) summarizes the purpose, central claim and key evidence; (2) analyzes the author’s biases and assumptions as well as the effectiveness of the evidence, organization and conclusions of the article; and, (3) responds to the ideas present in the article from your unique perspective, based on your personal, professional, and academic interests and experiences,
- Use your responses to the questions above to help organize your writing.
- The essay should include a minimum of two paraphrases and two quotes from the article you’ve chosen
- Provide a MLA Works Cited or APA References entry for the article at the end of your post